Carl Arnold Gonzenbach
Carl Arnold Gonzenbach or Carl Arnold von Gonzenbach was a Swiss painter and engraver. He worked as a portrait painter and gave drawing lessons. In addition to several oil portraits, Gonzenbach also produced cardboard and copper engravings of works by other artists.
Biography
Gonzenbach was born on 21 July 1806 in St. Gallen. He attended Johann Jakob Lips's painting school in Zurich from 1821 to 1825, then studied at the art academy in Munich from 1826, under Johann Heinrich Felsing and Samuel Amsler.In 1828, he traveled to Paris, where he worked with François Forste. In 1831-32, he travelled to Italy. When he returned to St. Gallen, he worked as a portrait painter and gave drawing lessons. He lived in Munich from 1838 to 1848, until moving back to St. Gallen.
Works (selection)
In addition to several oil portraits, Gonzenbach also produced cardboard and copper engravings of works by Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Julius von Schnorr, Bonaventura Genelli and Ludwig Vogel.Günther and BrunhildeSiegfried and Kriemhild, based on the work of Julius SchnorrThe ''Death of Arnold von WinkelriedThe Oath on the RütliThe Tell Shot, based on the work of Ludwig VogelThe Criminal from Lost Honor, based on the work of Wilhelm von KaulbachThe Saxon Art Association and its members- Christ Praying
- Five sheets “From the Life of a Witch”
- Four sheets “From the Life of an Artist” based on the work of Bonaventura Genelli
- Two sheets on Shakespeare's
Together with Alexander Rordorf, Gonzenbach created an illustration for Dante's Divine Comedy based on an oil painting by Carl Vogel von Vogelstein, which hangs in the Grand Ducal Palace delle Crociette'' in Florence.